The AI-mediated cookbook

This study examines Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a cultural mediator within an Internationalisation at Home (IaH) framework, exploring how technology facilitates cross-border collaboration and global competence. Through a six-week Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project, undergraduate students from Thailand and Germany co-created an AI-mediated intercultural cookbook, utilising recipes as a medium to negotiate cultural boundaries and synthesise collective culinary narratives. Employing a mixed-methods approach, including surveys, rubric evaluations and thematic analysis, the research found that AI, embedded within a Project-Based Learning (PBL) structure, effectively scaffolded multilingual communication and critical engagement with cultural authenticity. Results indicated significant quantitative advancements in multicultural competency and collaborative adaptability, while qualitative data revealed a profound shift towards critical AI literacy. Ultimately, this study expands the discourse on internationalised curricula, demonstrating how AI-enhanced virtual environments can cultivate the essential cultural awareness and technical literacies required for global citizenship in the 21st century.